FontShop Letternews

Tablet Gothic’s fully loaded. In seven complete weights that stretch across each of its six (!) widths from Compressed to Wide, you’d be hard pressed to find a space where the ebullient sans isn’t a natural fit. Its intermediate weights are comfortable for long reading, with lighter and heavier cuts better suited to larger headline or other display settings.

Burlingame® typeface takes the best of the square tech sans genre, and updates its forms for better handling on screen as well as at small sizes. The result is a bright, linear family prepared to represent forward-thinking ideas. Nine weights in two widths: normal and condensed.

Bookish, full of subtle and unexpected delights, Jens Kutílek’s typeface FF Hertz™ was made for long text. Its finely graduated weights allow the designer to dial in just the right page density. This can be done, by the way, without danger of reflowing the text as it’s a uniwidth design.

InterFace was developed by Bruno Maag to serve Britain’s Southeastern Rail lines, setting signage, marketing copy, and even the logo. The compact and flexible grotesque comes in six full weights. Its character set includes support for Greek and Cyrillic-based languages.

This graceful humanist sans was developed as a companion to Jos Buivenga’s popular Calluna, drawn in five compatible weights, each with italics. And thanks to exljbris who offers free weights of all of its typefaces, you can experience a full version of Calluna Sans Regular right away.

This is a quick read with good general considerations for app designers and clients alike. It covers basic and practical information such as legibility, general typographic voice, as well as more in-depth knowledge like script localization.

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FontShop is a trademark of Monotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Burlingame is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Hertz is a trademark of Monotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FF and FontFont are trademarks of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.